The cap for H-1B visas for 2008 was reached the day the government began accepting them, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services reported.
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The cap for H-1B visas for 2008 was reached the day the government began accepting them, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services reported. The agency had received 150,000 H-1B visa petitions ... research publications / research / other articles / h1b cap exceeded in one day ... H1-B cap exceeded in one day

, and the EB3 category - also for healthcare practitioners - will be next. The H-1B visa program, which allows 65,000 temporary workers to reach this country, exceeded its cap last May.
But the recent election

Currently, there is a 65,000-visa cap on the number of H-1B petitions that can be approved in a fiscal year, and the next fiscal year for this type of visa starts Oct. 1, 2007 and ends Sept. 30 ...
Currently, there is a 65,000-visa cap on the number of H-1B petitions that can be approved in a fiscal year, according to Shusterman's Immigration Update for March 2007 (http ... research publications / research / other articles / it s that time of year again h1b visas ... It's that time of year again: H-1B visas

Legislation seeking to hike the federal government's annual cap on H-1B visas from 65,000 to 115,000 was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on March 22.
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Legislation seeking to hike the federal government's annual cap on H-1B visas from 65,000 to 115,000 was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on March 22.
If the number of visas ... research publications / research / other articles / house bill seeks to double h1b cap ... House bill seeks to double H-1B cap

The Senate rejects overtime pay changes proposed by President Bush and a Federal Reserve economist says H1-B visas do not depress information technology wages. And in California, staffing groups ... that it will continue to push for full congressional approval.
H1-B VISAS. A study by the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta concluded workers on H1-B visas do not depress information technology wages or wage growth

Only about 8,000 petitions for H-1B visas have been sent in to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service for the additional 20,000 visas made available by Congress.
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Only about 8,000 petitions for H-1B visas have been sent in to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service for the additional 20,000 visas made available by Congress.
Because of the high ... research publications / research / other articles / still plenty of h1b visas in special program ... Still plenty of H-1B visas in special program

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